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The Role of Smallpox Vaccination in Mortality Decline in the Great Britain through Eradicating the Disease |
be wee XVIII-XX ce uries – Fac s or a Poli ical Ari hme ick?” Mamurjo Rahimov U iversi y of Illi ois a Chicago Depar me of Eco omics “Whoever would u ders a d he poli ical phe ome o k ow as ‘ he A i-Vacci a io Agi a io ”- a d i s mag i ude would seem o i dica e i as bei g a leas wor h u ders a di g – mus remember some o e or wo fac s, fac s obvious e ough i deed, bu co s a ly forgo e . A d chief amo gs hem his, ha every oppo e of he prac ice, every skep ic, wi hou excep io , as o i s be efi s, has i he firs i s a ce approached he ques io i a spiri a leas of impar iali y, a d probably all his prejudices s ro gly i i s favor” Alfred Mil es I roduc io I Oc ober of 1979, he World Heal h Orga iza io (WHO), officially declared smallpox, also k ow as variola, eradica ed. he disease ha was k ow o ma ki d as early as 1122 BC i Chi a, ook millio s of lives hroughou he world (Bri a ica.com). We all k ow ha WHO is a bra ch of he U i ed a io s Orga iza io , a d is dedica ed o pro ec he heal h of he ma ki d. However, U also has ma y o her bra ches deali g wi h issues like busi ess, eco omy, cul ure, educa io , migra io , o ame a few, a d fur hermore, he eradica io of smallpox is believed o be a collabora ive achieveme of mos of hese bra ches, bo h o local a d o global level. If so, his eradica io mus have bee a ou ced joi ly wi h, if o all, he a leas few o her U bra ches such as World Ba k, U DP, a d U ICEF. I would be very u fair for medical me o appropria e his grea achieveme of ma ki d all o hemselves. Al hough medical me do o like o me io i oo much, hey all recog ize ha eradica io of smallpox was o o ly heir meri . Eco omic his ory has co ribu ed sig ifica ly o he formula io of various eco omic heories. Amo g he eco omis s who have fou d his ory o be a impor a source for heir ideas o e ca ci e Adam Smi h, homas Mal hus, Alfred Marshall, Joh May ard Key es, Mil o Friedma , Rober Solow, a d Gary Becker. For eco omis s i is very impor a o s udy popula io his ory i order o come up wi h policies ha decrease mor ali y a d morbidi y of he popula io . Fac ors like life expec a cy, i fa mor ali y are co sidered o be key i dica ors of progress i a y cou ry. Lo ger life expec a cy mea s more ma power o move he i dus ry, larger co sumer base for produc s a d services. My purpose here is o elabora e i heore ical a d s a is ical plausibili y of smallpox vacci a io eradica i g he disease based o papers wri e abou he smallpox disease, a d o seek whe her he vacci a io , if efficie a all, weighed subs a ially i he ligh of o her forces ha caused decli e i mor ali y. I is qui e s riki g o read from Memoirs of Jacques Casa ova, a co emporary, ha “More people perish a he ha ds of doc ors ha are cured by hem” i hose ce uries, a d i co ras he commo belief ha i hose ce uries medical me sudde ly came up wi h “o e-size-fi s-all” cure for o e of he mos dreadful diseases of all ime, which, wi h li le modifica io s, if a y, co i ued o be admi is ered worldwide up u il he seco d half of he XX ce ury. For several ce uries u il ow, propo e s of vacci a io hailed smallpox vacci a io o be a prove wo der weapo i he ha ds of ma ki d i eradica i g he disease i he world, al hough here have bee a umber of schools of hough ha , if o disprove, he dimi ish he role of smallpox vacci a io i figh i g he disease o a i sig ifica level, which is he cha ge i he virule ce of smallpox.
We mus remember from Europea his ory ha he period i which he mos dras ic decli e i Bri ish smallpox mor ali y ook place coi cides wi h he ime Bri ai experie ced i dus rial revolu io , a d hus improved s a dards of livi g mus have played crucial role i reduci g suscep ibili y of he popula io owards i fec ious diseases (Krause, 1958). A good example is a paper wri e by several researchers from he U iversi y of Liverpool a d Ma ches er ha used ime-series a alysis o s udy he dy amics of smallpox i Bri ai i 1550-1800, a d fou d a s riki g correla io be wee whea price fluc ua io s a d epidemics (Du ca , 1993; also see Hellei er, 1957). Eco omis s almos always ry o use models i order o come up wi h logical i erpre a io s of curre a d pas eve s. O e such paper (Mokyr, 1993) ha ries o explai decli e i mor ali y i he ligh of eco omic forces, used s a dard heory of u ili y maximiza io as a s ar i g poi : Uj = Uj (Xij X j, Lj) where L is composi e family life expec a cy variable, subjec o he usual budge co s rai ∑XiPi = Y. I fur her goes o a d ries o es ima e he rise i k owledge (i hygie e a d sa i a io , i par icular), rela ive prices, public goods (co verge ce owards bes prac ices), a d he like a d heir co seque i flue ce o decreased mor ali y. Eco omis s agree ha k owledge always has i direc ly i flue ced every si gle area of ma ’s life, however he paper a emp s o go beyo d i direc rela io ship owards au o omous causali y, a d si ce lio ’s share of mor ali y a d morbidi y is a ribu ed o smallpox a ha period i his ory, i does seem ha a ge eral rise i he level a d scope of k owledge had direc effec o mor ali y decli e hroughou Bri ai . Much has bee said a d wri e abou he prac ice of vacci a io i ge eral a d smallpox vacci a io i par icular. If you read a couple ar icles a d books o how lucky we were o ob ai he k owledge abou vacci a io , you may feel ha , if o vacci es, ma ki d would be wiped ou from he Ear h by he dreadful i fec ious diseases of all ki d. While I am wri i g his paper, hu dreds more ew vacci es are bei g developed i s a e-of- he-ar medical labora ories a d millio s of people, you g a d old, are bei g vacci a ed, despi e he growi g opposi io from pare s, scholars, a d doc ors agai s ma da ory mass vacci a io . I is i eres i g o o e ha vacci a io remai s o be he o ly medical prac ice ha has o be e forced by law ( VIC.ORG). A Remarkable Decli e i Mor ali y Mor ali y a d morbidi y of a popula io , al hough closely rela ed, are wo differe hi gs. I do o wa o elabora e ha i a umber of developed cou ries, i cludi g he U i ed S a es, morbidi y of he popula io has bee growi g, while mor ali y has bee ra her low ( VIC.ORG s a is ics). I his paper, I ried o focus o falli g of mor ali y ra es i Bri ai be wee 18 h a d 20 h ce uries, a d he causes of his remarkable decli e. Eco omic gai s from falli g mor ali y ca ever be precisely es ima ed, because huma life is such he mos precious hi g o e ca ever have. Be wee 1750 a d 1914 mor ali y ra es we dow subs a ially everywhere i Europe, of course o a he same pace a d he same ex e .
For i s a ce, life expec a cy i Bri ai we from 30’s i 1750 o 50’s i 1914, a d crude dea h ra e fell from abou 25 per housa d i 1750 o 14-15 per housa d i 1914. he immedia e cause of his drama ic shif is u dispu edly decli e i i fec ious diseases i Europe, bu deeper causes of his phe ome o have bee fueli g deba es amo g hree major overlappi g “schools” ha have emerged o explai he causes behi d he mor ali y decli e. “ u ri io is ” school s resses improveme i livi g s a dards a d food co sump io as a resul of eco omic grow h o be major causes, whereas “preve is ” school co e ds ha his decli e i mor ali y ca be a ribu ed primarily o public policy such as smallpox vacci a io campaig s o mass level a d clea i g of sewage sys ems. he hird school, “exoge is s”, claims ha he decli e i mor ali y ca be explai ed by reduced virule ce of major i fec ious diseases o microbial level a d posi ive cha ges i clima e (Mokyr, 1993). Firs i ocula io a d la er vacci a io is ci ed o be plausible expla a io for his decli e. I ocula io , i primi ive a d crude way, was prac iced mai ly i a few Orie al a d Africa cou ries. Due o he limi ed scale of i ocula io , i s efficacy was o k ow well. People of E gla d lear abou i i 1721 whe Lady Mary Wor ley Mo agu’s daugh er was i ocula ed i Lo do ( ucker, 1963). I ocula io mus be formally defi ed o avoid mixi g i wi h he more rece prac ice of vacci a io . Smallpox i ocula io is he i jec io of smallpox virus ake from ac ual smallpox wou d of a pa ie , whereas smallpox vacci a io is he i jec io of cowpox virus. he symp oms hese wo prac ices produce sligh ly differ, bu hey are bo h carried ou for he same purpose – developi g immu i y i people agai s he ac ual smallpox disease. Edward Je er was he fou der of smallpox vacci a io i Bri ai , a d i eres i gly, i was by his medical i duc io ha he believed ha exposi g a perso o cowpox would re der he perso immu e o smallpox (1798). obody could prove empirically ha his exac ly was he case, a d for i s a ce William Hewso was o able o verify hrough umerous experime s wha Je er supposedly achieved. Charles Creigh o , a lear ed a i-vacci a or, i his book Je er a d Vacci a io (1889), proved ha Je er o o ly failed o demo s ra e, experime ally or o herwise, ha cowpox a d smallpox were biologically rela ed, bu obody else, u il he da e Creigh o ’s ow book was published, had do e so (Gree wood, 1930). Besides, he popula io , which was subjec o various vacci a io laws a d ac s, s ubbor ly resis ed o vacci a io (Mil es, 1897). he Ci y of Leices er became a ce er of such resis a ce, a d despi e he gloomy prophecies of medical me abou huge oll o be paid due o a large u vacci a ed popula io , i was o e of he ci ies ha suffered leas from several epidemics of 19 h ce ury ( AVL, 1910). Legal Side of he S ory I 1840 Bri ish Parliame passed “A Ac o Ex e d he Prac ice of Vacci a io ”, by which smallpox i ocula io ha was used prior o smallpox vacci a io o preve his disease was made a pe al offe ce. Si ce he prac ice of smallpox i ocula io da es back o 1721, i ur s ou his life-des royi g prac ice las ed for a hu dred a d we y years! he firs compulsory vacci a io law was Lord Ly el o ’s Ac i 1853.
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